Word Origin Summary

Rhētoricus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• retoriikka

  Finnish · derived from

• rhétorique

  French · derived from

• retorik

  Turkish · borrowed from

• retórico

  Spanish · derived from

• retorinen

  Finnish · derived from

• retorico

  Italian · derived from

• retórico

  Portuguese · derived from

• retòric

  Catalan · derived from

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